In 1987, the primary schools in her hometown of
Eger refused to admit Henriett due to her communication challenges. She was placed in a music and art class, but she would not sing. As a result, she was sent to a primary school for mentally handicapped students in 1989, though she remained in the music and art class. She was found to have
echolalia, communication problems, and repetitive behaviors. Henriett began writing during her early teens. She painted
autistic art for the House of Arts in Eger, and the Hotel Stadion of
Budapest at the East-European Autism Conference in 2004. At age 18, she attended
Eszterházy Károly College to study at the Psychology Institution, and won the
Géza Gárdonyi Prize for her art and literature. She was determined to have a
Raven IQ above 140, and a Magyar
Wechsler Intelligence Test (MAWI) IQ above 120, with some parts under an IQ of 90, and is thus considered an
autistic savant.
Writing career In 2005, she wrote and starred in an autobiographical short film titled
Esőlány ("Rain Girl"), which was produced by Friderikusz Sándor. In 2005, she wrote a book titled
Autizmussal önmagamba zárva ("Closed into Myself with Autism"), which was published by the Hungarian Autism Research Group and Ministry for National Cultural Heritage. In 2006, Henriett wrote a novel titled
Autizmus – Egy másik világ ("Autism – Another World"). The book was published by the University of
Pécs in the New Galaxy anthology.
Monodramas In 2010, Orlai Produkciós Iroda produced a
monodrama,
Nemsenkilény, monológ nemmindegyembereknek ("Notanobodycreature"), from Henriett's book. The textbook contains details of
Donna Williams's
Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Girl, Birger Sellin's ''Don't Want to Be Inside Me Anymore: Messages from Autistic Mind,
and a few lines from Mark Haddon.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'' The monodrama played in the theaters of
Esztergom,
Budapest,
Pécs,
Tatabánya,
Székesfehérvár, and
Eger and was adapted into a TV documentary for Hungarian Television in 2010, and played in Budapest and
Gyöngyös theaters in 2011.
End of career Henriett ended her creative music career at the age of 13, her creative writing career at the age of 25, and her painting career before the age of 27. She showed her last artwork in Brody Sandor Public Library in June 2007. ==Works==